Hei tiki (pendant in human form), Dec 2008, Rotorua. Gardiner, Lewis. Purchased 2009. Te Papa
Te Papa’s exhibition “Kura Pounamu: Treasured Jade Art of Aotearoa New Zealand” opens on 1 April at Liangzhu Museum, Hangzhou, China.
Liangzhu Museum is located in the heart of one of the largest and most significant jade archaeological sites in China dating back over 5000 years.
新西兰国家博物馆-蒂帕帕关于“毛利碧玉：新西兰文化艺术珍品展”即将于今年4月1日在中国杭州市的良渚博物院展出。 良渚博物院座落于中国最大的也是最显著的玉文化遗址区，良渚玉文化有超过5千年的历史。
It’s Christmas at Te Papa and this year’s Christmas tree decorations are on a pounamu and paua theme.
Te Papa's pounamu and paua Christmas tree
The colourful creations include tikis as you’ve never seen them before! Here’s one with fabulous tropical looking flowers…
Tiki decorations on the Te Papa Christmas tree
But my favourite tiki is this one with it’s red sparkly hearts…
Christmas tree tiki with sequins at Te Papa
If you’d like to make a decoration to add to the tree come along to Te Huka a Tai, the Discovery Centre on Level 4.
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/allevents/Pages/MakeaChristmasdecoration12dec.aspx
Or to see the pounamu hei tiki that inspired these tiki creations, plus many more hei tiki made from pounamu, check out the Kura Pounamu exhibition on level 4 and the pounamu website.
http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/pounamu
Meri kirihimete!
